Remember Last Selection: Choose whether to default to the selections you made the last time you used this tool.

Show Mouse Pointer: Choose whether to show the mouse pointer in your screenshot.

Or use other screenshot shortcuts

You don't need macOS Mojave to use these shortcuts, though they work in Mojave as well.

Capture the entire screen

Press Shift-Command-3, then find the screenshot as a .png file on your desktop.

Capture a window

Press Shift-Command-4.

Press the Space bar. The pointer changes to a camera .

Click a window to capture that window.To exclude the window's shadow from the screenshot, press and hold the Option (⌥) key while you click.

Find the screenshot as a .png file on your desktop.

Capture a selected portion of the screen

Press Shift-Command-4.

Drag to select the area of the screen to capture. To move the entire selection, press and hold Space bar while dragging.

After you release your mouse or trackpad button, find the screenshot as a .png file on your desktop.

Capture a menu

Click the menu to reveal its contents.

Press Shift-Command-4.

Drag to select the area of the menu to capture, then release your mouse or trackpad button to capture that area.

Or press Space bar to change the pointer to a camera , then click the menu to capture it.

Find the screenshot as a .png file on your desktop.

Capture the Touch Bar

If you have a Mac with a Touch Bar and macOS Sierra 10.12.2 or later, press Shift-Command-6 to capture what is currently displayed on the Touch Bar. Then find the screenshot as a .png file on your desktop.

Learn more

To cancel taking a screenshot, press the Esc (Escape) key before clicking to capture.

To store the screenshot in the Clipboard instead of saving it to the desktop, you can press and hold the Control key while you click to capture. Or use the thumbnail or Options to change the save location.

You can open screenshots with Preview, Safari, and other apps that can edit or view images. Preview also lets you export to a different format, such as JPEG, PDF, or TIFF.

Some apps, such as DVD Player, might not let you take screenshots of their windows.

The screenshot controls in macOS Mojave are provided by the Screenshot app, which is in the Utilities folder of your Applications folder. This app replaces the Grab app from earlier versions of macOS.